Kronverkskaya Embankment

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KRONVERKSKAYA EMBANKMENT is located between Troitskaya Square and Kronverksky Avenue along the right bank of Kronverksky Strait. It was laid in 1980 and received its name after Kronverk at the same time. It is connected to the Peter and Paul Fortress with Ioannovsky and Kronverksky bridges. The bank was reinforced with a stone banker and the bank vaults were drained. Western and Eastern Artillery bridges were thrown across Kronverk ditches along Kronverkskaya Embankment. A granite pier is preserved (1850s, architect Peter Tamansky). Kronverkskaya Embankment houses buildings of the Zoo and Military and Historical Museum of Artillery, Sappers and Signal Troops (in the building of former Arsenal). The obelisk marking the supposed place of execution of five Decembrists was put up in the eastern part of Kronverk in 1975. Alexandrovsky Park faces the Kronverkskaya Embankment.

References: Исаченко В. Г. По малым рекам и каналам Санкт-Петербурга. СПб., 2001.

G. Y. Nikitenko. Tamansky Peter Ivanovich
Kronverkskaya Embankment/Saint Petersburg, city
Kronverksky Ave/Saint Petersburg, city
Troitskaya Square/Saint Petersburg, city
Исаченко В. Г. По малым рекам и каналам Санкт-Петербурга. СПб., 2001 St. Peter and Paul fortress
St. Peter and Paul fortress
Military Historical Museum of the Artillery, Engineering and Signal Corps
Kronverk (Crownwork)